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Choose the statements that accurately evaluate the introductory paragraph below, which is for a paper about the student loan crisis. Select all that apply.

The journalist and critic H$.$L$.$ Mencken wrote, "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong." As students, educators, policymakers, and others propose various solutions to the student debt crisis $($now over $$1\mathrm{.}6$ trillion in the United States$),$ politicians and others are proposing grand solutions, from simply canceling all student debt to allowing students to refinance their loans. No doubt, the issue must be addressed, as the crisis hinders both individual debtors and the American economy, as a whole. But the student debt crisis is a complex problem that requires a complex answer. To that end, the United States needs to institute five specific reforms to solve the debt crisis, once and for all.

The paragraph is ineffective because it opens by citing the definition of a common word.

The paragraph is effective because it establishes the writer's main claim.

The paragraph is effective because it uses a memorable quotation to introduce its topic and claim.

The paragraph is ineffective because it uses startling data unrelated to the paper's main topic.

The paragraph is ineffective because it uses metadiscourse rather than stating a claim.